How can I make widget "sticky" with Tkinker Canvas Create_window method?

Question

I created a series of checkbutton with text(cb in the example), and I put them into a canvas with the create_window method (I need that because I have a Scrollbar). How can I extend this code and get my checkbuttons sticky to left and right border?

canvas.create_window(0, i*20,       #for non overlapping
                     window= cb[key],
                     anchor = NW)

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

You're going to have to compute the width of the window and specify that when you create the item.

The alternative is to put all of the checkbuttons in a frame using pack, place or grid, and then have a single create_window for the frame. That's the more common way of using a canvas to scroll a bunch of widgets.

For an example of using a frame embedded in a canvas, see this answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/3092341/7432

How can I make widget "sticky" with Tkinker Canvas Create_window method?

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